Which Black Sabbath vocalist should I name my new hamster after?

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Geezer Hamster

Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link

And you can just call him Geez when you're drunk.

Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link

What if I don't drink?

I don't know what he's standing on, I think it's an upturned food bowl. The breeder took the picture.

Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:36 (twelve years ago) link

I don't drink. I was just offering a potential scenario. I still think it's a good name for a Hamster. Much better than Biff Byford for example.

Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:43 (twelve years ago) link

I gotta cosign Doran's points re: Geez.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link

Hamsters have breeders? Hamsters need help breeding? They are unique in the rodent kingdom if this is true.

The idea of a hamster named Tony Martin amuses me greatly.

that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link

Congrats on the new ham, J3ff!
My family had an unusually stupid ostrich named Ozzy, it died getting eaten by dogs, so I think of it as an unlucky pet/animal name.

I'll show you the power of laughter! (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link

Voted for Dio, but like the Geezer idea better.

EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link

Ronnie James would be kind of a fun pet name. Who's that? Oh that's my hamster RONNIEJAMES

Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link

i have met a hamster named ozzy. i have never met a hamster named dio.

so dio

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link

Ronnie James would be kind of a fun pet name. Who's that? Oh that's my hamster RONNIEJAMES

<3 this

original bgm, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link

Write-in for Tony Martin.

Vernon Locke, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 02:18 (twelve years ago) link

We had a curly shaggy blonde medium-sized mutt. When people would ask what breed she was, I'd say, "She's a Bon Scott terrier."

bendy, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link

dio, but only if you always refer to him as "ronnie james" or "ronnie james dio"

why not just get two hamsters?

buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 03:05 (twelve years ago) link

Dio, but it can only be referred to as "Ronnie James Dio", otherwise all bets are off.

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 03:35 (twelve years ago) link

Gotta go with the Geezer write in vote.

Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 04:40 (twelve years ago) link

Glenn.

chrondos crispus (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 04:46 (twelve years ago) link

Hamsterdamned

Darin, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:06 (twelve years ago) link

Hampsta Cadabra

Darin, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link

hamsternaut

buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:34 (twelve years ago) link

Hammy Blade.

chrondos crispus (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 06:42 (twelve years ago) link

Call it Horsey.

Mark G, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:05 (twelve years ago) link

Another vote for Tony "The Cat" Martin, but you have to go for Dio, or maybe Padanova for the cognoscenti.

Synth Solo (Matt #2), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:07 (twelve years ago) link

dang, pillbox got "hamsternaut"

ham leaf

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:14 (twelve years ago) link

now in darkness wheel stops turning

winsome posters leave the hall (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:43 (twelve years ago) link

Falling off the edge of the hamster wheel

Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link

I want to reach out
And chew some seeds

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link

Hamster of Reality

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link

Cedar Bloody Cedar

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link

They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well

original bgm, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link

Wood chews of the universe
A love that never dies
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link

Doing laps on the Wheel of Confusion

Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link

I'm going through cage-e-e-ehs

Stanley Tunechi (Spectrist), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link

a habitrail acrobat
hole in the salt lick
hand of doom

buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link

lol at hand of doom

winsome posters leave the hall (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link

Ham Blackster

t**t, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link

Dió means "nut" or "walnut" in Hungarian, which is kind of cute for a rodent, I think.

crustaceanrebel, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link

was joe lynn turner ever black sabbath's vocalist? seems like he should have been.

anyway you should name your hamster joe lynn turner

the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link

name your gecko either joe lynn turner or graham bonnett.

Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link

graham bonnet wore sunglasses a lot and joe lynn turner is like a new yawk type dude i think but i get them confused

the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link

Planet Hamstervan

Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link

N.I.B.B.L.E.

cloaca flocka flame (NickB), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link

After Forever, or at Least Until I'm Done Nibbling

Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Thursday, 30 June 2011 13:30 (twelve years ago) link

Hammy Hambourne

StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 30 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link

Wow. That is about 36 more votes than I expected.

StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link

a tremendous victory for J3ff T's new hamster, Ronnie James Dio.

buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Thursday, 30 June 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link

hamsters are dicks tho, imo

nothing against ronny james dio or anything

buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Thursday, 30 June 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link

did this have anything to do with the ostrich burger craze of the time?

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link

I know my dad read some article in the newspaper about how much $$$ ostriches were selling for and he got dollar signs in his eyes, so that's why he got into it. None of them were for meat production. We had a bunch of incubators in our living room, and any one that lived past a year, he'd sell to other people in the same situation as him, people breeding ratites and selling them to other ratite farmers, who were then selling them to other ratite farmers. They were selling for $20k-$50k at one point. I found an article on JSTOR about the U.S. pricing bubble that says:

In summary, high expectations of ostrich productivity and overestimates of demand for ostrich products influenced prices early in the evolution of the
industry. Industry information promoting the relatively scarce ostrich as "revolutionary," due to its purported high productive efficiency and large
potential markets, likely contributed to the high initial prices. Subsequent price decreases occurred as investors gathered more information about actual
productive efficiency and the relatively slowly developing markets for ostrich products. The combination of "new industry" arguments and lack of
information provides insight into the high prices early in the industry's evolution. However, without also considering the role of speculation in the
industry's evolution, these arguments do not justify the average 1993 price of $25,523 for a mature breeding ostrich.

The effects of this for me, as a kid, was that a lot of our yard and house were taken up by ostriches and ostrich-raising stuff. It lead to a lot of good and sad childhood memories: baby ostriches dying in my hands, an ostrich kicking my pet rabbit to death, and getting to go on nice road and camping trips with my dad across the western U.S. to deliver ostriches he'd sold to people.

Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link

Sorry to take over the cutes kvlt hamster thread, I guess I had a lot to say about ostriches (as always).

Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link

Hamster! Hamster! Hamster of puppets pulling my strings!

Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link

Cliff Furton?

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link

Furonymous

Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link

Furzum

Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link

Tom G. Hamstwarrior

lol, was gonna say Ham Warrior

10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:40 (eleven years ago) link

"I ham my own best friend"

calstars, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 03:16 (eleven years ago) link

Halford.

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link

Winger.

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link

Van Hamster.

Tuomas, Friday, 11 May 2012 10:46 (eleven years ago) link

Lemmy Kilhamster

Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link

Hamgus Young

btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link

Blackie Clawless (only really works if she/he has got no claws and is black)

btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link

ditto Stryper

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 May 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link

Lemmy was the name of my first hamster.

Picking the little dude up tomorrow!

Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link

Are you super excited? Have you chosen the name yet?

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link

Trey Hamzagthoth

how's life, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link

Ham Eternal

how's life, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link

Pete Hamdoval

how's life, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link

Furzum OTM

get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link

I am super excited! I'm still leaning towards Ozzy, despite all of the excellent suggestions.

Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link

Rod(ent) Stewart

btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link

No Sleep Till Hamstersmith

btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link

lock thread

get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link

:-D

Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link

can you name one of his poop pellets Sharon?

tell peeta my fire dress is draggin on the floor (some dude), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link

Sorry for the blurriness, I'll try to grab some better pictures when he's no longer such a spaz.

Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

name...??

ilxor, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:59 (eleven years ago) link

judging from the captions I'm pretty sure it's Ozzy

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 June 2012 05:51 (eleven years ago) link

next one needs to be Geezer

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 June 2012 05:51 (eleven years ago) link

it is indeed Ozzy. He's still a little hyper, but he's settling in nicely. He enjoys climbing on the walls and ceiling of his cage.

Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Thursday, 14 June 2012 07:07 (eleven years ago) link

seven months pass...

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